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Command:

tail

SYNOPSIS

tail [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more
than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With
no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
-c, --bytes=K
output the last K bytes; alternatively, use -c +K to output
bytes starting with the Kth of each file
-f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]
output appended data as the file grows; -f, --follow, and --fol-low=descriptor are equivalent
-F same as --follow=name--retry-n, --lines=K
output the last K lines, instead of the last 10; or use -n +K to
output lines starting with the Kth
--max-unchanged-stats=N
with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not changed size
after N (default 5) iterations to see if it has been unlinked or
renamed (this is the usual case of rotated log files). With
inotify, this option is rarely useful.
--pid=PID
with -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies
-q, --quiet, --silent
never output headers giving file names
--retry
keep trying to open a file even when it is or becomes inaccessi-
ble; useful when following by name, i.e., with --follow=name-s, --sleep-interval=N
with -f, sleep for approximately N seconds (default 1.0) between
iterations.
With inotify and --pid=P, check process P at least once every N
seconds.
-v, --verbose
always output headers giving file names
--help display this help and exit
tor (e.g., log rotation). Use --follow=name in that case. That causes
tail to track the named file in a way that accommodates renaming,
removal and creation.

AUTHOR

Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance Taylor, and Jim Mey-
ering.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for tail is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and tail programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
infocoreutils'tailinvocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.